The Living Beach

Florida is famous for its sandy shores-and there's plenty to go around. Florida has the most tidal shoreline of any state in the continental USA.

Every 13 hours, the sea level at Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy rise to the height of a four-storey building! The impact of these natural forces has been immense.

The mythology of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula includes a protective Earth Mother figure named Ixchel. Under her shadow, mother green sea turtles bury their eggs.

Throughout the Hawaiian islands, natural forces of creation and destruction can be observed in real-time as they work to shape the living beach.

Just beyond Australia's Queensland State is Fraser Island, a complex ecosystem built entirely upon sand. In the middle of its rainforests, eucalyptus woodlands and mangrove forests, a visitor to Fraser Island is always standing upon the living beach.

The beaches of California are some of the most beautiful in the world, but they risk falling out of balance due to mankind's effects on nature.